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American Express Poaches Boku CTO Erich Ringewald
A second executive from Boku, a mobile payments company in San Francisco, has signed on with American Express. Erich Ringewald, who was Boku’s co-founder and CTO, will join the company as VP of Software Product Management for Amex’s U.S. Consumer Services business. In May, American Express hired David Yoo, an SVP at Boku, to be SVP of its Commerce Innovation team.
Boku Signs Up Final U.S. Wireless Operator for Carrier Billing
Boku says it has signed a partnership with Sprint, the final major U.S. carrier to adopt its mobile payments service.News Byte
American Express Hires Mobile Payments Exec David Yoo of Boku
American Express said today that David Yoo, formerly of mobile payments company Boku, will join the company as SVP of its Commerce Innovation team. At Boku, Yoo was SVP of Strategy, Product and Marketing. American Express also hired Katrina Lane, who will be EVP in charge of the company’s Consumer Cards and Experiences team. Most recently, Lane served as CTO of Caesars Entertainment.SigFig Rolls Out a Smarter Piggy Bank to Help People Invest More Wisely
San Francisco-based SigFig is rolling out a new type of investment service that makes managing investment portfolios way easier.Boku Rings Up $35 Million in Funding From NEA, Telefonica
Just after announcing a new mobile payments system, Boku has secured $35 million in funding.Boku Takes “Pay Any Way You Want” Approach With Mobile Payments
Online payments start-up Boku is taking payments offline and into stores with a MasterCard sticker for smartphones.News Byte
Telefonica Signs BOKU to Aid With In-App Payments
Global wireless carrier Telefonica is aiming to make it easier for developers that want to enable in-app payments on their network, tapping BOKU to aid in the effort. The move is the carrier’s latest effort to enable network-specific features such as Internet telephony, text messaging and carrier billing, all tapping directly into Telefonica’s network. (This NewsByte has been updated, correcting an earlier mischaracterization of the service.)News Byte